Round #958

11 May 2026, 21:48· hr-law· claude-haiku-4-5-20251001· r13-clean-hints
Complexity
band 1
ZP / UO / OBS
6 / 9 / 3
Journey weight
1058
Lightshift ΔL
-0.17

Prompt

An employee with 20 months' service was dismissed for redundancy. They are claiming unfair dismissal. Do they have a valid claim?

Zero-point index (what the engine surfaced)

ZPI-ZPI-0008 | 2026-05-11T21:48:00Z An employee with 20 months' service was dismissed for redundancy. They are claiming unfair dismissal. Do they have a valid claim? ZERO POINT — 6 entries (structural invariants) ● hsl(89.73, 100%, 50%) band of reasonable responses [contract] ● hsl(203.07, 100%, 50%) reason for dismissal [contract] ● hsl(77.05, 100%, 50%) effective date of termination [contract] ● hsl(142.90, 100%, 42%) selection criteria [contract] ● hsl(124.95, 100%, 42%) individual consultation [contract] ● hsl(69.11, 100%, 42%) statutory redundancy pay [contract] UNOBSERVED — 9 entries (implied truths) ○ hsl(222.00, 100%, 50%) statutory minimum notice [feature] ○ hsl(223.00, 100%, 50%) contractual notice [feature] ○ hsl(193.00, 100%, 50%) qualifying period [feature] ○ hsl(195.75, 100%, 42%) Write dismissal letter [function] ○ hsl(251.00, 100%, 42%) selection pool [feature] ○ hsl(256.00, 100%, 33%) suitable alternative employment [feature] ○ hsl(253.00, 100%, 33%) collective consultation [feature] ○ hsl(213.75, 100%, 25%) Define redundancy selection pool [function] ○ hsl(218.25, 100%, 25%) Issue at-risk notification [function] OBSERVED — 3 entries (explicit in request) ◉ hsl(180.00, 100%, 50%) employee [feature] ◉ hsl(212.00, 100%, 33%) unfair dismissal [feature] ◉ hsl(250.00, 100%, 33%) redundancy [feature] COMPLEXITY │ 18 entries │ spread: 76° │ band: MEDIUM

Baseline response (no ZPI)

# Unfair Dismissal Claim Analysis ## The Critical Issue: Qualifying Period **No, the employee likely does NOT have a valid unfair dismissal claim** in most jurisdictions. ### Key Requirement: Length of Service In the **UK** (and similar common law jurisdictions): - Employees must have **2 years of continuous service** to claim unfair dismissal - This employee has only **20 months** (1 year 8 months) - They **fall short by 4 months** ### Redundancy Rights However, the situation differs for **redundancy payments**: - Statutory redundancy rights generally require **2 years' service** (same threshold) - So they would also struggle with a statutory redundancy claim ## Important Exceptions The employee **might** still have a claim if dismissal was for a **prohibited reason**, such as: - Trade union membership/activities - Pregnancy/maternity - Whistleblowing - Protected characteristics (discrimination) - Health & safety concerns - Working Time Regulations In these cases, the qualifying period doesn't apply. ## Recommendation The employee should: 1. Confirm their exact start date and service period 2. Check whether any protected grounds apply 3. Seek legal advice on any discrimination/protected disclosure angles 4. Act quickly (claims must usually be filed within 3 months of dismissal) **Is there a specific protected ground involved here?**

Enhanced response (with ZPI)

No — an employee must have at least 2 years' continuous service to claim unfair dismissal in the UK (Employment Rights Act 1996, s.108).

Grader chain

Each grader reads the same baseline + enhanced pair and casts an independent verdict. Disagreement is the framework's own signal — not noise to be averaged away.

V1samba/Meta-Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
Better
V4qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct
Better
V5openrouter/qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507
Same
V7qwen2.5-coder-7b-instruct
Same
V8openai/gpt-4.1
Worse
V9anthropic/claude-opus-4-7
Better
V12openai/gpt-4o
Better

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